DISQUS

The Daily Asker: http://thedailyasker.blogspot.com/2008/10/prep-for-my-craziest-venture-so-far.html

  • Anne · 1 year ago
    On the stock asking -- I think it would be brilliant and well received by many companies. What you want to ask for is one "share" of stock, and you need to have a place that will keep them for you when you get them -- usually a brokerage account. I'm not endorsing anybody, but I like Sharebuilder. Scottrade and Ameritrade are options too. You could go low and ask startups -- their shares are often offered at around $5 so it's not a lot of cost to them. But your goal is to challenge yourself, so pick a company with a charismatic CEO at the helm -- Apple, Disney, Google, eBay. Address the letter to the CEO, but send it to the marketing department (not investor relations) And good luck!
  • seruko · 1 year ago
    What's with this non-sense about reasonableness. Be free to be unreasonable. Go boldly, tell them it's part of your experiment in asking for things.